Configuration Verification and Audit is the function that establishes that the performance and functional requirements defined in the product definition information have been achieved by the design ...

Nessus now includes the ability to perform security and policy compliance configuration audits of Cisco IOS routers and switches. The audits are based on best practices available from the Center for ...

Today's network administrators are no doubt aware that a growing number of rogue devices and applications are increasing enterprise network security risks. For instance, end users often attach USB ...

Configuration management, or CM, is a governance and systems engineering process used to track and control IT resources, services and applications across an enterprise. When properly implemented, ...

The word audit usually makes security and IT staffs either groan or quake with fear. Failing an audit is everyone’s worst nightmare because of the potential damage to the organization’s reputation and ...

Bad physical networking decisions. Unpatched systems. Too much access to virtual server management consoles. These and other problems can degrade the security of your virtual servers. If you're ready ...

In this Help Net Security interview, Alex Freedland, CEO at Mirantis, discusses the cloud security challenges that CISOs need to tackle as multi-cloud and hybrid environments become the norm. He ...